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Amishman

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8. it was all fertilizer

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:29 PM

Aug 2020

which also is explosive.

ammonium nitrate is fairly hard to set off, you have to get it very hot first. This is why when used as an explosive its usually soaked in oil.

For this to happen, they had to ignore all safety precautions with storage, have no sprinkler or fire suppression system, and also do a very poor job fighting the fire once it was started.

This disaster has to be the biggest tragic comedy of errors since Trump's election.

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2750 Tons of Explosives (and fertilizer) in One Location [View all] kentuck Aug 2020 OP

Its been there since 2014. marble falls Aug 2020 #1

Thank Russia soothsayer Aug 2020 #2

On another thread, a DUer commented that Russia Today suggested it was a terror attack. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #3

Yeah i saw that. Trump heard it from RUSSIAN generals soothsayer Aug 2020 #5

It is really a must read to see how their thinking is. LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #6

If they had not kept it sealed it would not have exploded. LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #4

Weren't they in the process of welding a door shut? soothsayer Aug 2020 #7

That would surely do it.. LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #11

A Couple Answers ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #10

Welding, they said soothsayer Aug 2020 #12

Thanks! ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #14

it was all fertilizer Amishman Aug 2020 #8

It probably sat there BGBD Aug 2020 #9

Not My Experience ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #16

If BGBD Aug 2020 #17

Maybe, Yes ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #18

Thank you for being so generous with your information! North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #19

Texas City Explosion comes to mind. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #13

They Found Parts Of The Ship... ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #15